Separation Anxiety Definition

Separation Anxiety Sentence Examples

• The problem is that when I leave the cats seem to suffer from what I can only assume is separation anxiety.

• On the other hand, prolonged separation anxiety that develops in school age children is considered an anxiety disorder by the American Psychiatric Association.

• Developmentally normal separation anxiety usually begins somewhere around eight to 10 months and peaks by 18 months, after which it gradually diminishes until by age three.

• Only occasional bouts of separation anxiety then occur when the child is faced with new situations, such as starting preschool or the addition of a new baby to the family.

• This is likely to be due to a combination of separation anxiety and stranger anxiety, which arise at about the same time and has similar origins.